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Highlights

  • Abelard castrated
  • Byzantine wife saves husband
  • Amphitryon & Geta duped
  • Chastelaine de Vergi tragedy
  • Aristotle’s advice to Alexander
  • Empress Theodora: woman leader
  • Tristan & Isuet
  • Xanthippe & Socrates
  • New Modern Sexism Scale

Roman marriage

Roman men’s positions in marriage and their perspectives on marriage, as well as the social regulation of men’s sexuality and marriage.

Sabine women win Pyrrhic peace for Roman men

Gender inequality in both killing and capturing and gynocentric society was founded when Roman men abducted Sabine women to be their wives. … Read the post Sabine women win Pyrrhic peace for Roman men

medieval amplification of husband’s suicide quip in Cicero

Cicero recounted a quip about a husband, his friend, his friend’s wife & suicide. Medieval literature amplified the quip & added spiritual allegorization. … Read the post medieval amplification of husband’s suicide quip in Cicero

Juvenal’s Satire 6 is no longer laughing matter

In his Satire 6, the Roman poet Juvenal criticizes marriage and women. What Juvenal wrote is no longer laughing matter. Satire needs a rebirth. … Read the post Juvenal’s Satire 6 is no longer laughing matter

why were men reluctant to marry in ancient Rome?

The Roman Emperor Augustus passed laws penalizing unmarried men and rewarding men with 3 or more children. Yet men remained reluctant to marry. … Read the post why were men reluctant to marry in ancient Rome?

Pliny and Galen respond to love elegy

Pliny and Galen put love elegy into prose: Pliny, to model the behavior of an ideal wife; Galen, to dismiss it and offer a healthier prescription. … Read the post Pliny and Galen respond to love elegy